Understanding Assessment in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Download or read book Understanding Assessment in Counselling and Psychotherapy written by Sofie Bager-Charleson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2011-07-11 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers students and trainees a thorough guide to clinical assessment. It covers different types of clinical assessment and explores the implications of the alternative views on clients′ needs and treatment. It explores clinical assessment as an ′art and science′ and brings the reader up to date with new requirements placed on therapists in both organisational and clinical practice based settings. In addition to outlining models for clinical assessment, it looks at the use of evidence-based practice in assessments. There are sections on doing assessments within organisations as well as from private practice.